The Marietta journal. [volume] (Marietta, Ga.) 1866-1909, 1887-04-21

| ueF tne sun tnan the negro race. Many OF
them take no thought of tomorrow" and
do not care whether their raiment will com
pare with King Solomon's or not We OBJ
served fair illustration of the happy con.
tent and indoent indifference of young
negro Of the masculine persuasion last
tuesday morning He doubtless had been
up the night before attending the negro
minstrel performance Seated in the rear
door ola certain store, with paper bag of
food beside him, he began to enjoy his
breakfast in good earnest as il he had a
sharpened appetite. While masticating
the food vigorously, the somnifc in
huence of the sun seemed to overpower
him and he would suddenly go fast to sleep,
with his moJth full of food. Then a too
energetic nod of the head would awake
him, he would resume working his jaws as
If he would make up for lost time, until he
would again succumb to drowsy sleep. Thus
alternately sleeping and eating he passed
the happy moments away. breakfasting and
basking contentedly in the sun, perfectly
indifferent to the jests of passers-by the
very personi6cation Of contentment and
happiness
In passing through Messrs. WcCatchy
Il Bailey's marble yard last Tuesday, we
noticed magnificent monument TO be
erected over the grave of DR.. Sherman s
wife at Hickory Flat, Cherokee county.
Ga. 1t is an artistic piece of work. Of fine,
highly polished Italian marble, about 81
feet high, with Georgia marble ground base
The design is strikingly beautiful On the
Italian marble base is the name, Sherman"
in large raised letters, while the center peace
has deeply cut drapery, cornered with tas.
sells, the front being ornamented with flow
ers; hand also clasping an open book
on the leaves of which is to be inscribed the
names OF the family On either side is a
raised tablet bearing inscriptions TO the
memory of the deceased On the top of
this rests large marble Bible. The whole
is capped with partially drapped urn.
The monument, is indeed, one of the hand
soonest we have ever seen, and every piece
| of it is the work of Mr.. Bailey's skillfully
welded chisel. There is also in the yard
an elegant monument of Georgia marble for
| Edwin Lincoln AXE, deceased of Cedartown,
Ga. Those who need anything in the mar
b e line, would do well to consult the Ma
rietta Marble Works if they want fine work
If you want TO see the largest and pref
test Sofa Fountain ever put up in Marietta
just cast your eyes to the right as you enter
the Post Office. | have Just opened the
department for the benefit of the ladies and
| children, and to the class OF trade who pat
| ronizn such places as keyt by Jacobs, Vena-
Bile, Nunnally ,Schuman, and other first
| class fountains in Atlanta, and guarantee
to give you just as pure and as I'D drinks
AS any of the above mentioned places
| use nothing bur the cleanest of ice, tn
purest of juices and extracts, the best grade
Of sugars, and in fact nothing but the best
of everything that is required to make q
Ifice, cold, refreshing drink Every thing
open Tor inspection at any and at all times.
| Soliciting liberal share Of your patronage,
! am yours very respectfully,
CHAs. E. CALDWELL.
The Boston and New York capitalists
and architects who spent Monday and
Tuesday OF last week inspecting the mar
BILE quarries in Pickens county, returned to
Marietta Wednesday afternoon drove GU.
to Kennesaw Mountain and about the city
They are unstinted in their praise of the
magnificent marble in this region and are
l .bI i
the vastness and solid mass of the deposit
as is in these quarres. They regard the
Georgia marble as very desirable for build
ting purposes and will no doubt use it large
| " in the construction of building in New
York and Boston The marble interests OF
this section is just in its infancy and will
take on grander proportions from year to
year. The American Marble Company is
the pioneer and with its immense plant
here, will push the business with continued
success
rs Cigars given to the man with the
best grip, at Sessions, Handy & Co.
More clothing at Hrschs than Of all
other houses in Marietta.
20 pounds of good rice for $lOO at R.
| l.. Northcutts.
The Dell Knott Combination gave three
entertainments at Nichols Hall last week
and this The troupe is composed Of ladies
and gentlemen Of high order of talent and
| their performances gave perfect satisfacti.
| The audiences were not only interested and
entertained, but kept in laughter. Joshua
Whitcomb" and Ticket of Leave Man
were both good plays and well rendered
Those who attended got their moneys worth
without doubt.
The Dell Knott Combination will hold
the boards again on Thursday evening
Nichols Hall on which occasion they will
give US the great Emotional Society Dram
Fate or Divorced This will positively
be their last appearance here. Come one,
come all.
-Maxey Dobbs has parrot and mon
key, and the tricks played on the parrot
are quite amusing The other day the par
rot was given loaf of bread The mon
key watched until the party giving the
bread went back into the house, when he
snatched the bread and Scampered to the
roof where he Toasted at the PARROTS ex.
pense. The monkey also has learned to
WELD stick quite actively, and when a
stray dog approaches, the dog is somewhat
surprised at the whack be receives from the
monkey.
Just received fresh lot of Fancy
Crackers at R. l.. Northcutt's.
Marietta Memorial Association will
/ meet ut Nichnls HILL this Thnrsdnr nfnr